Mixed my colors for inlay into a walnut bowl using Anita Long’s app that was a dream once I got the hang of it. Ran my colors by good friend and guru Lindly who sent me a black and white photo of my inspiration to more clearly track the value spread (the lights and darks) [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2025/04/29/a-little-help-from-my-friends/

Stopped in my tracks when I saw this sculpt (on Bluesky flashes&which I dont quite get yet) from Minneapolis Marilyn Morrison. This is not your mothers polymer! She describes herself as an introvert, but obviously, the clay lets Marilyn unleash another side. Doncha love the hair, the scream, tattoos&and yes, the boobs?

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2025/04/02/unleashed/

I thought Id begin my return to PCD with something profound or stunning. Great insight! Revelation! But first, it seems, I need to reintroduce myself to the software and make friends with upgrades. Im sure itll all come back to me. Ive been gone an ETERNITY in digital time. So heres something small as I [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2025/03/31/delighfully-simple-storage/

My 2008 video interview with Judith Skinner about how she came up with the blend. Think of her when you check the weather on TV and see your local weatherman pointing to the moving graphic on the wall. She came up with that system too!

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2024/12/06/blends-in-her-brain/

I thought Id keep writing PCD occasionally but my inner 5-year-old defiantly stomped her feet and said, No.  There was no coaxing her back to the computer. Abandoning artwork and artists gathered over 18 years didnt feel good either. Thats a lot of water under the bridge! How to solve the dilemma? My mind wandered [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2023/09/10/sayonara-and-a-new-link/

Ive almost forgotten how to post! But really, who can miss Valentines Day? Christi Friesen has been tucking these languorous beauties in orders all month. Her hearts are encrusted with flowers and pearls and bits of love from Hawaii. They have a perfect beachy buzz. Check out all her fun events and online mischief.

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2023/02/14/wavy-wandering-hearts-from-christi-friesen/

Holidays are a perfect time to try something fun, easy, and no-fail. Hello, mokume gane! Problem is there are variations nine ways to Sunday! Youve got your deep, shallow, scrap, ghost, and natural methods. For your holiday polymer pleasure, follow this free link from the UKs Jane Hewitt, who gathers a slew of approaches to [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/26/nine-ways-to-sunday-free/

As I layered up for the snow today, I figured out why I had these plain Jane earrings in my collection. Theyre the companions for this Karen McCorckle beautifully caned angel pin that I love. Oh, that goes back a couple of interesting decades! Karen told us that she conditioned clay when she went to [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/23/christmas-mystery-solved/

When Ron Lehocky asked me several years ago who made this dotted square pin that I was wearing, I replied confidently, Dayle Doroshow. He corrected me. I made that, he said. This is a Ron Lehocky collectors item! Long ago and far away when Ron first started dipping into polymer, he made pins that werent [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/14/long-ago-and-before-hearts/

In my quest to bring more fun into what I do, I decided to refashion PCD into the History Channel for a while. The history of polymer, that is. As I pinned Susan Hydes angel on my down vest this morning, I thought about the works and the artists who have caught my eye since [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/13/the-history-channel/

Every once in a while a polymer artist like Vasso Tizma (ClaylandStudio) from Greece makes us think that we can all be polymer clay sculptors. Youd think wed learn that making it look easy is a trap. Im trying to resist rolling out some red and green clay and giving it a go. Is there [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/08/the-trap-of-looking-easy/

Ohio mother-daughter duo Keri Parker and Mikayla Beavan (kurumi_kodama) created these haunting, earthy walnut tree spirits using shells with round polymer bellies. I found some walnut shells on the ground back in our woods and thought they looked like little disembodied faces. I knew somehow I needed to give them bodies, says mom Keri. These [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/12/02/spirits-from-the-woods/

New Yorks Susana Martinez popped up in the feed today wearing a big bold necklace she made for a Santiago event. I went on the prowl to get to know her. She had been in the fashion industry for over 20 years when the pandemic forced her to create a land of her own, SusanaLand. [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/11/10/geodes-from-susanaland/

Saskatchewans Jude Radwanski (Firefly Art Jewellery) scratches and scribes polymer jewelry as she works to create jewelry that enhances the designs of clothing manufacturers and retailers. Polymer clay is extremely durable and suits my commitment to reduced obsolescence, she says defiantly. No obsolescence here at PCD either. Ive skittered around the globe and across the [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/11/08/reduced-obsolescence/

Colorados Diane Kremer packages up fall in a simple pair of earrings. Subtly textured shades of orange/red/gold circles stack like a pile of leaves. The wire that ties it all together is featured front and center. Why not? This weeks StudioMojo wraps up my last event as I head out for another one.  Weve been [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/09/09/fall-front-and-center/

Maintaining the shape of extruded polymer clay flower canes as you reduce them is nearly impossible. At a recent gathering, Minnesotas Jenny Patterson reminded me of a clever workaround. She extrudes her canes and slices them after theyre cured! Jenny sells at big shows (shell be at the Balloon show in Albuquerque) so her production [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/09/02/cold-cut-flowers/

Do your readers and other specialized spectacles scatter themselves around and end up in all the wrong places? Polymer to the rescue via Ukraines Iryna Osinchuk-Chajka (Eteniren) and her clever sunglass stands and wall mounts. A notch on the top of each big polymer nose creates a secure resting place for spare glasses. No more [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/08/18/readers-on-the-loose/

Seattles Sara (g.oo.d.ee) works in a digital environment. I dont get the chance to craft and build physical objects with my hands as I used to, she says. Enter polymer clay. Her hands are now happily sketching, rolling, cutting in their off-duty moments. Check out how this free-flowing pattern that includes glow-in-the-dark clay lights up [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/08/12/dancing-in-the-dark/

This riff on Klimts patterns by Miamis Chelsea Rodriguez (Venus De Chela) shows her love of museums and fine art masters. Chelsea has a thing for museums and she likes to play with famous patterns and palettes, focusing on elements that strike her fancy. Her jewelry resonates with familiar pieces and parts reconfigured to hang [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/08/11/klimt-for-ears/

Who doesnt feel a shiver of delight as a Skinner blend drops down from between the rollers of a pasta machine? I know there are millions of ways to layer, scratch, pound, and twist clay into intricate patterns. Yes, you can add bling, paints, inks, and sparkles. But for my money, nothing compares to the [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/08/05/off-kilter-polymer-3/

If its August (how did that happen) you know that autumn leaves wont be far behind. Lets get an early start with these dangling lovelies from Montanas Amanda (speckled_designs). Amanda gives you a leg up with a look at last years favorites plus in-process shots of her earring assembly. The designs are elegant and simple [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/08/04/fashionable-fall-polymer/

Virginias Angie Wiggins takes advantage of every scrap of silkscreened polymer at the end of the day. Sorted into colorways and backed with a layer of solid color clay for strength, the tiniest leftovers become useful and decorative napkin rings and coasters. Youll be surprised at what polymer clay can become in the hands of [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/07/29/table-scraps/

New Mexico teacher Gael Keyes says she cant get away from schools, even on vacation. Gael has developed her own method of book-matching bits of scraps. Even small remnants of canes make elaborate and unique patterns. They dive under and around a found branch, happy to be back in school.  

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/07/28/back-to-school-3/

Whats the perfect attire for vet school functions? UKs Debby Wakley (debbeadsjewellery) sent her daughter off with these dairy cow earrings, a perfect accent for any farm attire. They began with a flat cutout from CraftyThread. Deb brought the shapes to life with some sculpting, colors, eyes, and horns. She obviously knows her farm animals. [&] Read more

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/07/21/vet-school-earrings/

Marylands Linda Loew cleaned the pan pastel residue from her sponges directly onto a slab of light clay. Heres the result of her abstract clean-up paired with other extraneous bits and turned into painterly earrings and pendant. Sometimes our scraps scream to be saved.

https://polymerclaydaily.com/2022/07/15/waste-not-polymer/